Nan'ô Eiga

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural Japan), has a creative idea that could avert the dwindling number of passengers when her job and the bus company itself are at stake.

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.